Letter, 1840.
Related Entities
There are 2 Entities related to this resource.
Vinton, John Rogers, 1801-1847
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj4z6z (person)
Army officer, from Providence, R.I. From the description of Papers, 1814-1861; (bulk 1837-1849). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20273357 John Rogers Vinton was born on June 16, 1801, to David and Mary Vincent of Providence, Rhode Island. In 1829 he married Lucretia Dutton Parker of Boston, Massachusetts, with whom he had at least two children. Parker died in 1838 and Vinton never remarried. Vinton was killed in action on March 22, 1847, in Battle of Vera Cruz...
United States. Army
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)
The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...